Edmond Halley vs Vitus Bering
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Compare the life timelines of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) and Vitus Bering (1681–1741) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 60 years, from 1681 to 1741.
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Edmond Halley (1656–1742)
- — Born in Haggerston, near London Verified
- — Entered The Queen's College, Oxford Verified
- — Voyaged to Saint Helena to chart the southern stars Verified
- — Published Catalogus Stellarum Australium and elected Fellow of the Royal Society Verified
- — Married Mary Tooke Verified
- — Financed and oversaw the publication of Newton's Principia Verified
- — Appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford Verified
- — Published A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets predicting the return of Halley's Comet Verified
- — Appointed Astronomer Royal Verified
- — Died at Greenwich Verified
Vitus Bering (1681–1741)
- — Born in Horsens, Denmark Verified
- — Joined the Russian Navy Verified
- — Married Anna Christina Pülse Verified
- — Appointed leader of the First Kamchatka Expedition Verified
- — Sailed through the strait between Asia and America Verified
- — Given command of the Second Kamchatka Expedition Verified
- — Sighted the coast of Alaska Verified
- — Shipwrecked on an uninhabited island during the return voyage Verified
- — Died on Bering Island Verified